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Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
Name: D. B. F. West Spouse's Name: Mary Long Event Date: 17 Jul 1892 Event Place: Denton, Texas
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Doctor Benjamin West Birth Place: MO Birth Year: 1871 Spouse Name: Mary Susan Long Spouse Birth Place: Te Spouse Birth Year: 1875 Marriage Year: 1892 Marriage State: Te
United States Census, 1910
Name: Dock B F West Event Place: Justice Precinct 2, Runnels, Texas Age: 39 Birth Year (Estimated): 1871 Birthplace: Missouri
Father's Birthplace: United States Mother's Birthplace: United States Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 8
Role Sex Age Birthplace
Dock B F West Head Male 39 Missouri
Mary West Wife Female 34 Texas
Emma West Daughter Female 16 Texas
Benjamin F West Son Male 14 Oklahoma
Ruby West Daughter Female 12 Texas
Earl West Son Male 9 Texas
Pearl West Daughter Female 9 Texas
Bessie West Daughter Female 7 Texas
Ethel West Daughter Female 5 Texas
Edgar West Son Male 2 Texas
United States Census, 1920
Name: Dockor B West Event Place: Justice Precinct 4, Tarrant, Texas Age: 48 Can Read: Yes Own or Rent: Rent Birth Year (Estimated): 1872 Birthplace: Missouri
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina Mother's Birthplace: Texas Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 2
Role Sex Age Birthplace
Dockor B West Head Male 48 Missouri
Mary S West Wife Female 44 Texas
Pearl West Daughter Female 19 Texas
Earl West Son Male 19 Texas
Bessie West Daughter Female 17 Texas
Ethel West Daughter Female 14 Texas
Edgar H West Son Male 12 Texas
William M West Son Male 8 Texas
Elizebeth West Daughter Female 5 Texas
Ira G West Son Male 2 Texas
United States Census, 1930
Name: D B F West Event Place: Precinct 4, Tarrant, Texas Age: 59 Birth Year (Estimated): 1871 Birthplace: Missouri Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: United States
Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 15
Role Sex Age Birthplace
D B F West Head Male 59 Missouri
Mary S West Wife Female 54 Texas
Ben F West Son Male 33 Texas
William M West Son Male 19 Texas
Sarah E West Daughter Female 15 Texas
Ira G West Son Male 12 Texas
Texas Deaths
Name Benjamin Franklin West Event Date 15 Jun 1938 Event Place Aledo, Parker, Texas Marital Status Married Birth Date 20 Mar 1871 Birthplace Missouri
Father's Name Hardin West Mother's Name Sarah Hicks Certificate Number 29516
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Benjiman Franklin West Event Date: 15 Jun 1938 Event Place: Parker, Texas Certificate Number: 29517
findagrave
Doctor Benjamin Franklin “Dock” West BIRTH 20 Mar 1871 Osage County, Missouri DEATH 15 Jun 1938 (aged 67) Aledo, Parker County, Texas BURIAL Flower Mound Cemetery Flower Mound, Denton County, Texas
MEMORIAL ID 41342497
Parents Hardin West 1809-1881 Sarah E. Hicks West 1840-1910
Spouse Mary Susan Long West 1875-1959
Siblings
William West 1828-1909
John M. West 1835-1914
Thomas Woodson West 1837-1908
General Robert E. Lee West 1868-1926
Marion Francis West 1874-1931
Lucy Ellen West Brumley 1877-1958
Children
Benjamin F West 1896-1965
Edgar Hardin West 1908-1923
William Marion West 1910-1998
Sarah Elizabeth West Marlett 1915-2001
Ira G West 1917-1990
Dr Benjamin Franklin West was born in Osage County Missouri. He married Mary Susan (Molly) Long in 1892 in Denton Co. Texas. She was the daughter of Charles Edgar Long and Elizabeth Knight.
Doctor Benjamin Franklin West was not a Dr. His first name was Doctor. He often went by his initials DBF or Dock. Note from contributor Richard Wolff. ∼ He was not a doctor. That was his name. Contributor: Joe Spears (48012894)
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United States Census, 1860
Name Sarah J West Event Place Richwoods Township, Miller, Missouri Age 27 Birth Year (Estimated) 1833 Birthplace Missouri Page 40
Role Sex Age Birthplace
James C Blize M 22 Missouri
Nancy J Blize F 16 Missouri
Sarah J West F 27 Missouri
George M West M 8 Missouri
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Sarah Jane Blize Hicks BIRTH 19 Jul 1832 DEATH 12 Jan 1891 (aged 58) BURIAL Belk Cemetery Miller County, Missouri MEMORIAL ID 8974769
Parents William Blize 1798-1875 Elizabeth H. Davis Blize 1816-1853
Spouse William West 1828-1909 (m. 1849)
Siblings
Prior Lee Blize 1836-1920
James Cornelius Blyze 1838-1878
Lorenzo D. Blize 1850 - unknown
Children
George M. West 1851-1871
Stone reads "wife of C.F.". She married Creed F. Hicks on 20, Dec. 1863 in Miller county, Missouri.
Sarah Jane, daughter of William and Elizabeth Blize, married William West on 24 Dec 1849 at Miller County, Missouri. They had one child, George Martin West [1851-1871]. William and Sarah divorced and she married Creed F. Hicks on 20 Dec 1863 at Miller County, Missouri. They had one known child, James Melvin Hicks [1864-1945].
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England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts
Name Ann Arnold Event Type Birth Event Date 14 Jan 1838 Event Place Newton, Cambridgeshire, England Father's Name Richard Arnold Mother's Name Elizabeth Arnold
England and Wales Census, 1841
Name Ann Arnold Event Place Newton, Cambridgeshire, England Age 3 Birth Year (Estimated) 1838 Registration District Chesterton Parish Newton County Cambridgeshire
Page Number 7 Registration Number HO107 Piece/Folio 74/6
Role Sex Age Birthplace
Richard Arnold M 30-34 Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth Arnold F 25-29 Cambridgeshire
Richard Arnold M 6
Swan Arnold M 4
Ann Arnold F 3
Eliza Arnold F 1
Departure
3 Apr 1844 • Deptford, Kent, England Ship "St. Vincent"
ship St Vincent 629 tons Master: Young Origin: Deptford 1844 Apr 3 Destination: Sydney 1844 Jul 31
Arrivals Port Jackson (Sydney)
Jul 31 St. Vincent ship 629 tons Capt Young from Deptford the 3rd and Cork the 17th Apr with bounty emigrants.
Passengers-Mr and Mrs Ramsay, two sons and two daughters, Mr Marshall, Mr Grenfall; and Dr Kemball, Surgeon-Superintendent.
In 1843, Ann and family left England for Australia for the sake of her mother's health and landed at the port of Sidney. They went to Patterson township, New South Wales where Richard would oversee the sheep at a ranch. After serving the contact they lived in Australia and joined the Mormon church and emigrated to "Zion" (Utah in the USA). Ann’s father Richard was baptised 26 Sep 1854, Swan and Eliza baptised on 15 Oct 1854, Ann and her mother on 5 Nov 1854.
In May 25, 1855 the family left Australia on the ship "Lucy Ann" for America. They arrived in August at Pueblo de Los Angeles, California.
Ann married James Sanderson, a widow, on April 15, 1856 and moved to San Bernardino, California. In November, 1857 the townspeople gave the Mormons one week to move out. The Mormons sold what they could to purchase wagons and supplies and started the long journey to Utah. Ann was with child and having a hard time so their wagon left the rest of the company and travelled slower. Her daughter was prematurely born December 25, 1857 in then Las Vegas, Mexico. They named her Sarah.
James and Ann travelled to Cedar City, Utah then Beaver, Utah. They left Beaver a year later and settled in Farmington, Utah. James died of pneumonia in October, 1861. In 1864 they were called by the church to go north and settle Bear Lake Valley in St Charles, Idaho. Her parents died there, Richard in 1872 and Elizabeth in 1876.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name Ann Arnold Birth Place EN Birth Year 1837 Spouse Name William West Spouse Birth Place KY Spouse Birth Year 1828 Marriage Year 1868 Marriage State UT
She married William West in November 14, 1868 and they moved to Randolph, Wyoming (now Utah), bought a farm and built a log house. Records in Randolph state on August 21, 1869 a daughter, Eliza Jane was born to William and Sarah West. A second daughter, Elizabeth Catherine was born July 12, 1871. They were called again by the church to go back and help build St Charles, Idaho. Daughter, Emeline, was born in 1871 and Faithful Agnes born in 1874 and died on May 11, 1876. William Mark was born February 17, 1877 and died July 20, 1882. A son Jared was born February 13, 1879 and died April 21, 1879. Her son Harden Luke was born July 26, 1880 and a daughter, Ella, born December 27, 1882 and died January 6, 1883.
William was called by the church authorities to become Bishop of Paris, Idaho 1st ward. He sold the farm and the family moved to Paris. In 1892, William travelled on a Mormon mission trip to Kentucky. He was able to visit his family and see his brothers Mark, John, Tom and sister Jane (Barnhart) who he had not seen in 39 years. William was the Bishop in Paris for 13 years.
The church once again called on William to settle a new branch in South Alberta, Canada known then as Alberta, Northwest Territories. William and Ann sold their property, bought wagons, teams, and supplies then left the first week of August, 1898 on the 1000 mile trip to their new home. They arrived in Cardston, Alberta, Canada on September 22, 1898. With Bishop William and Ann were daughter E. Catie and husband Harvey Dunn and their two children; William Alvero and Merry Christmas; a grandson Lorenzo Dow Young Jr, a son of Loreno Dow Young and daughter Sarah Ann Sanderson and their married children Hardin and Minnie. Minnie was the daughter of William and his plural wife Elizabeth Taylor, who had deserted her child and husband when Minnie was a baby.
They all decided to homestead in Mountain View.
He passed away on June 16, 1909 and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Canada. She passed away 2 years later on April 9, 1922.
